10 years ago today, Odalis Perez
had quite a day for himself. A decade ago, he barely needed his
teammates to win a game – which is nice because they barely helped him.

Jonah Keri at Grantland writes, "The Dodgers Make it Rain."

The Dodgers don't give a rat's ass about supposedly smart versus
supposedly dumb ways to build a roster. They're perfectly cool with
losing the dollars-per-WAR championship. And if actions and words are
any indications, they don't care about any damn luxury tax either. They
want to win, they have money, and they're going to spend it.

Yeah, sure, I’m always open to talks. I’ve had a great time here. I love
the guys and I love everything about L.A. I’ll be here for two more
years regardless. There’s no deadline or anything, so that’s good.

Maybe, Verducci was thinking about the bagel incident that centered around Allen Watson. From wikipedia:

Watson was horsing around in the Yankee clubhouse and threw a bagel towards a clubhouse attendant, just as Yankee owner George Steinbrenner walked in. When the bagel hit Steinbrenner, he demanded to know who threw it. When Watson confessed, Steinbrenner remarked "I figured it was you, Watson. That's why it didn't hurt."